NFPA is hosting a fire and life safety symposium on May 12th and 13th, 2017, to bring together representatives from rural fire departments across North America. The symposium will help NFPA assess fire and life safety education needs and gain a clear
+I am pleased to introduce Monica Colby as the newest contributor to the Safety Source blog. Monica is a fire and life safety specialist with the Rapid City Fire Department in South Dakota, and former Northwest Regional Advisor to the NFPA Public
The January issue Safety Source, NFPA’s public education newsletter, is now available for viewing. In this issue, you will find: We’ve read the headlines and heard the disturbing stories about smartphones bursting into flames. Why is this
Nearly two months after a ten-alarm fire caused extensive damage in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, neighborhood, fire investigators have determined the cause. According to the Boston Patch, fire officials say construction subcontractors working onsite
An Indiana family is recovering after suffering carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in their home over the weekend. According to WWMT-TV, police say a man was using a gas saw in the basement of a home Sunday when he started to have chest pains and called
According to the 2017 Farmers’ Almanac, exceptionally cold, if not “downright frigid weather,” will predominate over parts of the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Midwest, Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic, Northeast and New England
NFPA will select teams from 12 communities to attend the 2017 Remembering When™ Next Steps workshop. This free training is designed to help teams expand their Remembering When programs. Applicants should have an active Remembering When team and
A family in Washington, D.C. has to find a new home after a devastating fire Friday that started with a hoverboard given to the son as a Christmas gift. According to NBC4, the fire happened while the family was out running errands. They had left the
